Nutella palm oil

Nutella maker fights back on palm oil after cancer risk study

ALBA, Italy (Reuters) – The $44 billion palm oil industry, under pressure in Europe after authorities listed the edible oil as a cancer risk, has … Read more

Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni

Italian PM unveils new government, but centre-right ally threatens to quit

ROME (Reuters) – Newly appointed Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni unveiled his government on Monday, keeping almost all the outgoing ministers in place in a … Read more

Matteo Renzi quits

Italy PM Renzi to hand in resignation on Friday – parliamentary source

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is due to hand in his resignation on Friday, a parliamentary source said on Wednesday, after a … Read more

Matteo Renzi quits

Matteo Renzi quits after losing reform referendum

Renzi, the Italian prime minister, quits after losing the constitutional referendum. “No” vote won. Renzi: “I lost”. “No” is clearly ahead in exit polls of … Read more

Matteo Renzi quits

Italy’s Renzi launches last day of frantic referendum campaign

ROME (Reuters) – With his political career on the line, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi launched a final day of campaigning on Friday ahead of a … Read more

Italy ‘No’ vote will make it harder for banks to raise money – economy min

ROME (Reuters) – If the government loses a Dec. 4 referendum on constitutional reform it will be harder for Italy’s struggling banks to recapitalise, Economy … Read more

Italian fire brigade rescue cat 16 days after quake

Italian fire fighters rescued a cat named Pietro on Friday (September 9) more than two weeks after the earthquake, which killed nearly 300 people.

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“The Magnificent Seven” at the Venice Film Festival

Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, and director Antoine Fuqua present the highly anticipated film “The Magnificent Seven” at the Venice Film Festival.

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Italy rescues 500 boat migrants, six bodies off Libya

ROME (Reuters) – The Italian navy rescued nearly 500 boat migrants off the coast of Libya on Monday and recovered the bodies of six people who fell out of a leaking rubber vessel.

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Italy’s campaign about fertility not so original

Recently there has been huge argument on the campaign promoted by Italian Ministry of Health, Beatrice Lorenzin, with the result that Government ad campaign to up fertility have been aborted prematurely.

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Italian prosecutor proposes Morgan Stanley pay 2.9 billion euros over derivates

An Italian prosecutor has proposed that Morgan Stanley pay 2.9 billion euros (£2.4 billion) to settle derivative transactions, the bank said on Wednesday in a securities filing.

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Bodies of migrants brought to Italy: survivors tell of struggle

ROME (Reuters) – The bodies of 21 women and one man were brought ashore to Sicily on Friday as fellow migrants described scenes of panic and violence when water poured into their dinghy.

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Qatar Airways to buy 49 percent of Italy’s Meridiana

DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar Airways is to buy 49 percent of Meridiana in a move that could bolster the Italian carrier’s ability to compete in the European market.

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Bank of Italy cuts Italy’s growth outlook following Brexit

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s economy will grow by less than one percent this year and only marginally faster in 2017, the Bank of Italy said on Friday, cutting its previous forecasts as a result of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.

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Italian officials visit Dhaka cafe killing scene

Italian officials and relatives of the nine Italian victims of the Dhaka cafe siege visit the scene of the bloodshed. Paul Chapman reports.

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